NEW YORK, N.Y. – The New York Mets clinched a spot in the National League Wild Card game over the weekend and former Flyer baseball player Jerry Blevins is in a prime spot to contribute to another New York run at the World Series.

Blevins set career-best marks in appearances (73) and strikeouts per nine innings (11.1) in the 2016 season, while throwing 42 innings. The lefty specialist is bouncing back from an injury-plagued 2015 in which he had to watch the Mets' postseason run to the World Series from the sidelines.

"There were key moments in games (last postseason) that the Royals' big lefties were coming up in spots I would normally have been called upon," Blevins recalled in an interview earlier this season. "But instead I had to sit back and watch."

Those big situations against tough lefties will surely come in Wednesday night's game, and Blevins has had a good track record against some of San Francisco's toughest bats. Brandon Crawford, Denard Span and Brandon Belt are a combined 3-for-21 with six strikeouts against Blevins in his career.

Blevins has pitched in the postseason twice before, with the Oakland Athletics in 2012 and the Washington Nationals in 2014. He has thrown seven total innings, faced 22 batters, struck out two, and allowed just one hit.

Being in the postseason spotlight is exactly why Blevins resigned with the Mets in the offseason, "These are the moments, playing in the playoffs, that you dream about as a kid in the backyard," said Blevins. "Every ball player's dream is to win a World Series. This is where dreams come true."

New York plays Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. on ESPN against the San Francisco Giants.